Envision is a youth empowerment charity that operates programs in schools and colleges across the UK, empowering over 1500 students annually. They provide training, events, and consultancy services to build skills and confidence. Their programs focus on experiential learning around social and environmental issues to develop youth leadership and advocacy. They work with over 80 schools in London and 25 in Birmingham, as well as additional schools nationally.

2. Envision 2008/9
• Youth Empowerment charity
• 80 Schools & colleges: London
• 25 Schools & colleges: Birmingham
• 3 Schools around the country
• Over 1500 students across the UK and a graduate
network of 5000+
• 175+ EYE adult volunteers
•New Leeds Office in August 2009
•Training, events and consultancy

3. Envision 2008/9
•Guardian Charity of the year - 2008
• National Lottery Awards finalist for Best Education
Project - 2008
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•Young Partners Awards National Winner – 2008
•New Philanthropy Capital recommended “out of
hours” provision for young people
• C bi t Offi G ld t E
Cabinet Office Goldstar Exemplar Project f
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working with hard to reach volunteers

4. Envision’s Mission, Vision
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and Values
Mission:
• To empower young people to realise their capacity to make
a difference.
• To build confidence, aspiration and skills necessary for
affecting social and environmental change.
Vision:
• Our core vision is to see young people empowered to take
responsibility for issues around them and demonstrate
leadership in their communities.

5. Envision’s Mission, Vision
i i ’ i i Vi i
and Values
Values:
Authentic Opportunities for change: Within every individual
lies the desire and capacity to create positive change - all
that is required is the opportunity.
Experiential Learning & Skills Building: Learning by doing is
more effective than simply learning through instruction.
Youth-Leadership: Positive change is brought about by
examples of individuals and groups making a difference, 'the
ripple effect'.
Youth-Voice: Young People have valuable opinions and ideas
and require a platform from which to be heard in our society
Ethical living: Envision is an advocate for sustainable
development and social justice

6. Schools College
S h l / C ll
Programme
The Envision Schools & Colleges Programme supports 16-19
year olds to develop their own social and environmental
projects in their schools, colleges and local communities. It is
an extra curricular active citizenship programme that
empowers young people to realise their capacity to make a
difference.
Our youth-led approach builds confidence and improves
youth led
communication and team working skills. Previous projects
have tackled issues relating to homelessness, climate
change, recycling, fairtrade, poverty, healthy living, bullying
and diversity.
For more information please visit:
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www.envision.org.uk/education

7. V Student Case Study
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Valentines Tea Dance
Young volunteers from Haverstock School Envision team held a
Valentine’s Tea Dance for 80 elderly people in Camden to bridge
the invisible barrier between the youths and the older generation.
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They filled Haverstock Hall with balloons, table settings and tea,
cakes and biscuits which the elderly people enjoyed before taking
part in swing band dancing and waltzing. The event really helped
the young people to promote respect for each other regardless of
age and at the same time promote sustainable living as they made
their own recycled decorations and served home made cakes.

8. Envision Consultancy
As part of our commitment
to the communities we work
with; Envision works with
schools, businesses,
universities, local
authorities, Third Sector
Organisations and any
organisation who are
looking
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engage with young people.
The Envision team works with our clients not just to provide a
service but also to build sustainable partnerships which would
benefit all parties involved. With our flexible and innovative
approach we can create bespoke programmes and consultancies to
match the desired needs or you can choose from one of our existing
packages.
If you have any questions or ideas please contact
rommel@envision.org.uk or visit www.envision.org.uk/services.html

9. Envision Consultancy
Burberry corporate mentors for young
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volunteers taking action to promote ethical
fashion
Envision’s v project has supported Burberry’s staff to act as
corporate mentors to young volunteers tackling the issues around
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ethical fashion. Young people were helped by Envision to present
their ideas to an audience of Burberry staff at Burberry’s offices,
to inspire them to come and be corporate mentors for young
people’s volunteering projects.
Many young people then took part in Envision volunteering event
workshops on recycled fashion, clothing customising and clothes
swaps and inspired Burberry mentors ran the workshops, offering
volunteering project advice to young people and helped out at the
young people’s own recycled fashion show events later on.

10. Agents for Action
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The Agents for Action programme is an interactive citizenship
half or whole day that has been designed to engage y
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people with a number of citizenship and sustainability themes
and inspire them to become leaders.
The workshop facilitators will
coach awareness, curiosity,
discussion, cooperation,
persuasion, creativity and project
i i i d j
design. Games, group activities,
role play, conversation, video and
presentations are used t h l
t ti d to help
young people develop their
understanding of sustainability issues and explore ways to
make a difference
difference.
The programme consists of three sections entitled: Provoke,
Inspire,
Inspire and Create
Create.
For more information please contact rosanna@envision.org.uk

11. Workshops
Envision can provide workshops to schools on a variety of
social and environmental issues including: Climate Change,
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Fairtrade, Sustainable development, Community involvement,
Human rights and many more….
We can support
either students or
teachers to begin or
extend sustainability
d i bili
activities within
the eight “doorways”
to
t sustainability set out in the DCSF Sustainable Schools
t i bilit t t i th S t i bl S h l
Framework.
Envision also offers teacher training workshops for PGCE
Citizenship and Citizenship Certificate courses covering the
following elements: Community Involvement Theory, Sharing
youth volunteering connects with citizenship Working with
citizenship,
Outside Agencies and Building a community involvement
project

12. Envision Birmingham T: 0121 772 7685 or Envision London T: 020 7253 1677
E: vision@envision.org.uk W: www.envision.org.uk